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Originally Posted by hcv123
Cards that are rare or obscure, I am a lot more forgiving/tolerant of a whole range of condition flaws.
Now if we are talking cards that are readily available - Centering and surface are my top 2 "demands" Clean crease free surface, good photo registration and great centering. I'll take touched even lightly worn corners all day.
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This. 100%. I'll even take heavily and honestly worn corners or edges over poor registration any day of the week.
My collecting focus has moved from 1940-60s US cards to Japanese cards from the same era and 1910-1930s US baseball type 1 photos. Admittedly, this might be a very poor financial choice, but I very much enjoy the collecting aspect of it, especially as these are often unique photos or cards with less than 20 known specimens. Regardless, I really enjoy the chase and condition is much less important. In fact, for many cards, condition is hardly important.
All of that said, I prefer no writing on the front of the card or skinned backs...but make exceptions for very rare cards.